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Feb142019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 13 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Rajasthan introduces 5% quota bill for Gujjars, four other communities News The Rajasthan government introduced a bill in the Assembly to give 5% quota in jobs and educational institutes for Gujjars and four other communities. Beyond News The Rajasthan Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutes in the State and of Appointments and Posts in Services under the State) Amendment Bill, 2019, was presented by Energy Minister . The bill seeks to increase the backward classes’ reservation from the present 21% to 26% with 5% reservation for Gujjars, Banjaras, Gadia Lohars, Raikas and Gadaria The statement on the objective and reasons of the bill says that the five castes are most backward and require…

Feb132019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 12 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Global warming and climate change are affected air, water, soil, seasons and eventually plant and animal life. News Plants absorb carbon dioxide and give out oxygen during photosynthesis. Some of this carbon is transferred to soil as plants die and decompose. Plants and soil absorb roughly a quarter of the greenhouse gases that humans release into the atmosphere. Findings Recent research has found that under a warming climate they may start absorbing less greenhouse gases. As the climate warms, soils across much of the planet gradually gets drier. When the soil is dry, plants are stressed and cannot absorb as much CO2. Further, microorganisms in the soil are more productive when it’s warm.…

Feb132019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 10 & 11 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Moving continents created new centipede species News Continental drift (the moving apart of continents) almost 100 million years ago created many species of Ethmostigmus centipedes in the world's tropics. In the Indian peninsula, these centipedes first originated in the southern and central Western Ghats, and then spread across the ranges here. Findings India is home to six, fairly large Ethmostigmuscentipedes: four dwell in the Western Ghats, one in the Eastern Ghats and one in north-east India. Africa, south-east Asia and Australia are also home to other species of Ethmostigmus Using genetic data of 398 Ethmostigmus centipedes from published studies, they constructed a species ‘time-tree’ a network that reveals how species are related to each other and when new species…

Feb92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 9 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE U.S. may end zero-tariffs for India News India could lose a vital U.S. trade concession, under which it enjoys zero tariffs on $5.6 billion of exports to the United States, amid a widening dispute over its trade and investment policies. Beyond News A move to withdraw the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) from India, the world’s largest beneficiary of a scheme that has been in force since the 1970s, would be the strongest punitive action against India since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, vowing to reduce the U.S. deficit with large economies. Trump has repeatedly called out India for its high tariffs. Indian Prime Minister has courted foreign investment as part…

Feb92019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 7 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-02 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE Kerala to have 168 forward castes News: The sub-castes among forward caste Hindus and Christians may soon be treated as castes, taking the number of forward castes in the State to 168. These include 149 castes from the Hindu community and 19 from Christians. Beyond News: Earlier, there were 84 castes and 90 sub-castes in the forward communities. The KeralaState Commission for Economically Backward Classes among Forward Communities had drawn up the draft caste list the other day. These communities together account for 27.73% of the State population. The panel had earlier sought response from the public to finalise the list of forward caste communities that were out of caste-based reservation. The panel decided…

Feb82019 by albindiaNo Comments

HINDU NOTES-FEBRUARY 5 2019 [UPSC IAS Current affairs]

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Hindu Notes from General Studies-01 Editorials are covered separately. HINDU NOTES are available free date wise| CLICK HERE ‘Two-thirds of Himalayan ice cap may melt’ News Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world’s “Third Pole”, could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not reduced, scientists warned in a major new study issued. Findings And even if the “most ambitious” Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warmingto 1.5° C is achieved, one-third of the glaciers would go, according to the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment. Glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region are a critical water source for some 250 million people in the mountains as well as to 1.65 billion others in the river valleys below. The glaciers feed 10 of the world’s most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong…